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Rather notice, mon cher, / that the moon is / tilted above / the point of the steeple / than that its color / is shell-pink.
Rather observe / that it is early morning / than that the sky / is smooth / as a turquoise.
Rather grasp / how the dark / converging lines / of the steeple / meet at the pinnacle -- / perceive how / its little ornament / tries to stop them -- / See how it fails!
See how the converging lines / of the hexagonal spire / escape upward -- / receding, dividing!
-sepals / that guard and contain / the flower!
Observe / how motionless / the eaten moon / lies in the protecting lines.
It is true: / in the light colors / of morning / brown-stone and slate / shine orange and dark blue.
But observe / the oppressive weight / of the squat edifice!
Observe / the jasmine lightness / of the moon.